Never forgotten never forgiven

This poem is personal to me, it is to a man who thought hat just because I was a selfless little girl he could take advantage of it.

The things you’ve done are unforgotten
Unforgotten and never forgiving
So innocent, so precious
How can you take that away?
You haunt my dreams, you haunt my life
You’ve messed me up
From inside out
The thoughts of what you’ve done
Are indescribable
You can’t take it back, you can’t apologize
You covered it up with nothing but lies
The trauma you’ve caused can never be covered up
You’ll never know what you’ve done to me
You’ll never know how I feel
I was only seven
But I remember, I’ve never forgotten
The regret I feel for never speaking a word
Thinking my little voice just wouldn’t be herd
Because of you I’ll feel this all my life
Never knowing who to trust
Not knowing whoes holding the knife
My husband, my love, he truly understands
How sick of a person you are to touch me with those hands
He loves me unconditionally, like I’ve never been loved
You don’t know what you’ve done
To that little seven year old
Therapy for life because I never told a soul
Never spoke a word until I couldn’t take it anymore
Thinking of what you’ve done
How it was all just to much
To much for a little girl to handle
To much grief has been caused by you
I’ll never give up on this fight
I’ll never lose this battle
Even though it may
Be to much to handle

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I understand your poem well since I was regularly raped by my father for my first ten years of life. It's a scar that always pokes one thru-out life & it's one of those things that I do not feel we should be pressured to forgive -- some things are simply unforgiveable. I am impressed with the way you express yourself with clarity & deep feeling, simple statements that show the contrast between what happened to the 7-yo girl, still wounded or angry deep down, & the way you've found a loving connection to nurture the young adult that's trying to move on. Very true-to-life & courageous! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie